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Insurgencies: Constituent Power and the Modern State

by Antonio Negri

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Celebrated political prisoner Antonio Negri explores the drama of modern revolutions-from Machiavelli's Florence and Harrington's England to the American, French, and Russian revolutions-and puts forward a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a radically democratic future.

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Antonio Negri is former Professor of State Theory at the University of Padua.

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Original title: Il potere costituente: saggio sulle alternative del moderno
Original publication date: 1992

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Languages: English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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Published: 1992
Genres: Politics and Government, Nonfiction, Philosophy, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 342.001
LCC: K3165 .N4413

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